The Gilmore Car Museum received a grant from MotorCities National Heritage Area for the Gilmore Garage Works Program. The Gilmore Garage Works program helps teens learn life lessons as they restore a classic car at the Gilmore Car Museum during an after-school program.

The grant is currently underway and is expected to be completed this year. Stay tuned for news updates, pictures, and completion information!

Ten students, from Delton Kellogg and Hasting High Schools, with a dozen mentors, spend two hours, twice a week after school, helping to restore a 1931 Willys-Knight touring car as part of the new Gilmore Garage Works program at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. (Bradley S. Pines | Kalamazoo Gazette)

William Boyd, a 16-year-old Hasting High School junior, works with mentor Phil Renvart, of Kalamazoo, to fabricate a new radiator hose as they help to restore a 1931 Willys-Knight touring car as part of the new Gilmore Garage Works program at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. (Bradley S. Pines | Kalamazoo Gazette)

Jared Hatteson, a 14-year-old Delton Kellogg 9th-grader, left, and Jacob Streidle, 16, a Hastings High School 10th-grader, work together to remove the driver's side running boards. Ten students, from Delton Kellogg and Hasting High Schools, with a dozen mentors, spend two hours, twice a week after school, helping to restore a 1931 Willys-Knight touring car as part of the new Gilmore Garage Works program at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. (Bradley S. Pines | Kalamazoo Gazette)

Mason Leonard, 17, a senior at Delton Alternative High School, uses a rag to clean the engine after removing the valve cover while fellow students Jared Mattseon, 14, and a Delton Kellogg 9th-grader, left, and Dustin Moore, 18, a Delton Kellogg senior, work on other projects. Ten students, from Delton Kellogg and Hasting High Schools, with a dozen mentors, spend two hours, twice a week after school, helping to restore a 1931 Willys-Knight touring car as part of the new Gilmore Garage Works program at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. (Bradley S. Pines | Kalamazoo Gazette)